Eric A. Chiappinelli

Frank McDonald Endowed Professor of Law, 2012

Professor Chiappinelli has published numerous law review articles and a widely used
casebook on business entities (third edition, Aspen, 2014). His current research interests
include Delaware corporate law, nonprofit governance, family businesses, and the economics
of legal education.

He teaches in the business law area, and currently teaches Business Entities, Advanced
Business Entities, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Securities Regulation. He has also
taught Nonprofit Organizations, Corporate Governance, Corporate Finance, and Civil
Procedure. Over his career he has won five teaching awards.

Professor Chiappinelli has been the Frank McDonald Endowed Professor of Law here at
Texas Tech since 2013 and was a Visiting Professor here during the 2012–2013 academic
year. Prior to coming to Texas Tech, he was the Dean of the School of Law at Creighton
University in Omaha, Nebraska. He began his academic career at Seattle University
School of Law where he was a Professor of Law and an Associate Dean. He has been a
visiting professor at Willamette University College of Law and a Distinguished Visiting
Professor and Fellow of the A.A. Berle Center for Corporations, Law & Society at Seattle
University.

Before entering academia Professor Chiappinelli clerked at the United States District
Court in Los Angeles and the Supreme Court of California. He practiced law in Los
Angeles with Munger, Tolles, & Olson and Jones Day. He is a member of the American
Bar Association and the State Bar of California (inactive).

He is an Elected Member of the American Law Institute, which comprises lawyers, judges,
and scholars elected on the basis of their professional achievement and demonstrated
interest in the improvement of the law.